Not sure I understand why these guys get a free pass, even if they intended it as a joke. No different than a hundred other "jokes" told by folks that far too many people find unfunny.

And I know many of the principals refused to be quoted for the story, but it would have been nice to have comments from other black players (beyond Ellis, although it wasn't clear if he is black) to see how they feel about it.

Not sure I understand why these guys get a free pass, even if they intended it as a joke. No different than a hundred other "jokes" told by folks that far too many people find unfunny.

And I know many of the principals refused to be quoted for the story, but it would have been nice to have comments from other black players (beyond Ellis, although it wasn't clear if he is black) to see how they feel about it.

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Um, the black players started joking about those guys being the "White Nation." The white guys made a satiric Web site basically satirizing white supremacists' views about black people.

Seems to me like the college kids can joke about this kind of stuff more than us super-serious adults.

To me, it's actually a good sign that blacks and whites can joke together about racial stereotypes - I think it's clear that Cushing and those guys didn't really feel this way.